diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/HFileLink.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/HFileLink.java
index 821f4321c1f..1a03c6ca888 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/HFileLink.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/HFileLink.java
@@ -142,50 +142,6 @@ public class HFileLink extends FileLink {
     return m.groupCount() > 2 && m.group(3) != null && m.group(2) != null && m.group(1) != null;
   }
 
-  /**
-   * The returned path can be the "original" file path like: /hbase/table/region/cf/hfile
-   * or a path to the archived file like: /hbase/.archive/table/region/cf/hfile
-   *
-   * @param fs {@link FileSystem} on which to check the HFileLink
-   * @param conf {@link Configuration} from which to extract specific archive locations
-   * @param path HFileLink path
-   * @return Referenced path (original path or archived path)
-   * @throws IOException on unexpected error.
-   */
-  public static Path getReferencedPath(final Configuration conf, final FileSystem fs,
-      final Path path) throws IOException {
-    return getReferencedPath(fs, FSUtils.getRootDir(conf),
-                             HFileArchiveUtil.getArchivePath(conf), path);
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * The returned path can be the "original" file path like: /hbase/table/region/cf/hfile
-   * or a path to the archived file like: /hbase/.archive/table/region/cf/hfile
-   *
-   * @param fs {@link FileSystem} on which to check the HFileLink
-   * @param rootDir root hbase directory
-   * @param archiveDir Path to the hbase archive directory
-   * @param path HFileLink path
-   * @return Referenced path (original path or archived path)
-   * @throws IOException on unexpected error.
-   */
-  public static Path getReferencedPath(final FileSystem fs, final Path rootDir,
-      final Path archiveDir, final Path path) throws IOException {
-    Path hfilePath = getRelativeTablePath(path);
-
-    Path originPath = new Path(rootDir, hfilePath);
-    if (fs.exists(originPath)) {
-      return originPath;
-    }
-
-    Path archivePath = new Path(archiveDir, hfilePath);
-    if (fs.exists(archivePath)) {
-      return archivePath;
-    }
-
-    return new Path(new Path(rootDir, HConstants.HBASE_TEMP_DIRECTORY), hfilePath);
-  }
-
   /**
    * Convert a HFileLink path to a table relative path.
    * e.g. the link: /hbase/test/0123/cf/testtb=4567-abcd
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/snapshot/ExportSnapshot.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/snapshot/ExportSnapshot.java
index 16dce6270b0..f726853735f 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/snapshot/ExportSnapshot.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/snapshot/ExportSnapshot.java
@@ -304,8 +304,8 @@ public final class ExportSnapshot extends Configured implements Tool {
     private FileStatus getFileStatus(final FileSystem fs, final Path path) {
       try {
         if (HFileLink.isHFileLink(path)) {
-          Path refPath = HFileLink.getReferencedPath(fs, inputRoot, inputArchive, path);
-          return fs.getFileStatus(refPath);
+          HFileLink link = new HFileLink(inputRoot, inputArchive, path);
+          return link.getFileStatus(fs);
         } else if (isHLogLinkPath(path)) {
           String serverName = path.getParent().getName();
           String logName = path.getName();
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ public final class ExportSnapshot extends Configured implements Tool {
         public void storeFile (final String region, final String family, final String hfile)
             throws IOException {
           Path path = new Path(family, HFileLink.createHFileLinkName(table, region, hfile));
-          long size = fs.getFileStatus(HFileLink.getReferencedPath(conf, fs, path)).getLen();
+          long size = new HFileLink(conf, path).getFileStatus(fs).getLen();
           files.add(new Pair<Path, Long>(path, size));
         }